Display and dispensing receptacle.



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

JAMES MACNAUGHTAN, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-'NOR T0 PACKAGECONFECTIONERY COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, CORPORATION 0FMASSACHUSETTS.

DISPLAY AND DISPENSING RECEPTACLE.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1914. Serial No. 828,761.

-To all whom z't may concern Be 1t known that I, JAMES MACNAUGHTAN,

` a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display and Dispensing Receptacles; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to shipping and storing receptacles or packages,but more especially to such as provide means for displaying their`contents Without unsealing or opening the package, and means forconveniently dispensing or serving such contents directly from thepackage itself without the necessity of actually handling the goods.

It'has for an ob]- ect, among others, that of economically producingreceptacles or packages for the purposes indicated, which are at oncelighty in weight, quickly formed eitherby hand or machinery andtherefore inexpensiveto produce, of' ample strength and durability forthe uses to which they are 4ordinarily subjected, and adapted by reasonof shape to pack advantageously in shipping boxes, crates or cartons.

More particularly stated the invention is designed, arranged and adaptedfor packaging confectionery in practically air-tight' moistureproofsealed receptacles, and at the .il same time ydisplaying it to view in amanner which thoroughly protects it from dust, dirt, or atmosphericchanges, and provides not only novel, but convenient and sanitary meansfor serving it to the consumer.

The inventionv will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claimfollowing. p

In the accompanying drawings which form part of this application forLetters Patent, and whereon corresponding numerals refer to like partsin the several views: Figure 1, is a perspective view of the invention,containing sugar wafers to be seen on edge through the transparent topclosure or wrapper; Fig. 2, is. a transverse section -taken at any pointthrough Fig. 1 between wafers one of the latter appearing in elevation,andFig.l 3, is also a perspective View which illustrating the manner ofconveniently dispensing wafers from the receptacle.

Reference being had to the drawings and numerals thereon, 1 indicates acoverless box, or container having one side removed, preferably formedof cardboard or ordinary paste-board shown in the present illustrationsas of rectangular form having a closed bottom and integral sides ofsuitable strength and rigidity. Starting at the line 2, or from anyother point upon the sides or bottom of container 1 an outer transparentmoisture-proof Wrapper 3 smoothly infolds and completely envelops theentire box-like or trough shaped container, overlaps itself as at 4, andis finally folded'upon itselfat both ends as indicated at 5q in anymanner insures comparative smoothness. This envelop or wrapper 3 isglued or otherwise secured in place and is formed of vany relativelytough transparent moisture-proof material such for example as paraiiinedpaper, which, when applied as aforesaid, smoothly bridges the open topof container 1, and constitutes a transparent rendible cover or closuretherefor reaching from side to'side.

The container 1 beneathwrapper 3 may be variously configured or letteredby way of ornamentation or for advertising purposes, or such matter maypreferably be printed upon the wrapper itself before it is 'applied tothe container, and in either event will be plainly visible at all times.

In dispensing goods from receptacles constructed substantially ashereinabove set forth, the cover layer of transparent wrapper 3 may betorn bodily from the wide open top of container 1, but inI order toavoid the danger or possibility of handling the goods while still in thereceptacle, it is by preference, merely started at one extreme ofcontainer 1, may bereadily and con-` veniently delivered through the endopenv ing 6, as required.

Obviously this or substantially thisv arl rangement and combination ofelements for packing articles of merchandise; such as the candy wafersshown, thoroughly protects such goods from deterioration by granulationor for other causes, facilitates dis lay of the goods upon shelves or incases'o the retailer, enables them to be handled in a thoroughlysanitary manner by dealers, purchasers and consumers alike, protectsthem from breakage whilein storage or transportation, and provides forpacking the individual rectangular receptacles in larger boxes,crates'or cartons' to the best possible advantage for purposes ofshipment. y

When disk-like solid articles, suchas candy wafers are stacked in thereceptacle 1, it will be particularly noted that they arev attractivelydisplayed, and are, by the sides of t-hel receptacle, retained inalinement as shown by ythe drawings. `Moreover, it will be seen that thetransparent rendible closure B, bridging the vopen side of container 1,is in turn supported intermediate of its sides by the articles 7 withinsaid container. This relatively thin transparent closure 3 is thereoreprotected against puncture or accidental breakage throughout its area ofcontact with the contents of the receptacle', but is unprotected at itseXtreme sides, where, as

. a consequence, it may be conveniently and quickly severed byapplication of a thumb nail for the purpose of rendering the contents ofthe package accessible.

Having thus described my invention in the best form of construction atpresent known to me from both a mechanical and commercial point ofview., what now claim andA desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A multiple article package len'abodying a plurality of disk-likesolid-articles stacked in contact and alinement, a trough shapedcontainer for said articles open on one side and of such cross sectionalarea and form as to laterally support said articles, and a transparentrendible closure bridging 'the open side of said. container andsupported throughout its entire length on a restricted areaintermediateV of its sides by the articles themselves.

In testimonyl whereof l aix my signature, in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

y JAMES MACNAUGHTAN.

Witnesses: I'

' WILLIAM F. MULCAHY,

Crans L. BARCLAY.

